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Merchant Of Venice One Pound
524 wordsThe Merchant Of Venice Act 1 In the fist act, Antonio is introduced as the Merchant of Venice. A friend of him, Bassanio, desperately needs money because all of his money is on his ships and he wants to go to Belmont to visit the woman of his dreams, Portia. Therefore he goes to Antonio to ask if he is willing to go to Shylock and ask him if he can have 3000 ducats. Antonio agrees and goes to Shylock and explains that he has to pay it back within 3 months. If he doesnt do this, he may cut one po...
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Lot Of Money Merchant Of Venice
1,633 wordsThe Merchant of Venice A View of Antonio The character of Antonio is very complex, and his attitudes to the people around him are greatly different. He varies from kind and forgiving to a mean and evil man. To his friends he is generous and loving but to his enemies he is vengeful and spiteful. The first spoken line in the play is In sooth I know not why I am so sad. This sets the scene for him and his attitude for the most part of the play. This is because a lot of the bad luck in the play fall...
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Merchant Of Venice Shylock
1,091 wordsIn the Dukes opinion (Act iv, Sc. 1) Shylock is? ? an inhuman wretch. ? Do you agree? Do you feel that Shylock receives, ? justice? at the end of the play? The Merchant Of Venice was written by William Shakespeare, between 1596 and 1598. It was first published in 1600. Although this play is described as a romantic comedy, there is an underlying plot of moral dimension in the development of Shylock's character. Shylock is a Jew and at this time Jews were the focus of much racial prejudice and rep...
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Midsummer Nights Dream Merchant Of Venice
1,151 wordsWilliam Shakespeare had a way of creating intelligent characters who made use of the art of deception for their own personal gains. Characters such as Lucentio and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew; Oberon and Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream; Portia in The Merchant of Venice; and Richard in Richard III, all wanted to further their own agenda and did so in very sneaky and deceitful ways. These characters smartly used trickery and deceit to achieve their goals, and succeeded. And let me be a s...
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Merchant Of Venice Jane Eyre
1,403 wordsFeminism in Jane Eyre Jay Sheldon English 101 MWF 11: 00 12: 00 Feminism has been a prominent and controversial topic in writings for the past two centuries. With novels such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or even William Shakespeare's Macbeth the fascination over this subject by authors is evident. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre the main character, Jane Eyre, explores the depth at which women may act in society and finds her own boundaries in Victorian England. As well, along with the n...
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Merchant Of Venice Jane Eyre
1,396 wordsFeminism in Jane Eyre Jay Sheldon Feminism has been a prominent and controversial topic in writings for the past two centuries. With novels such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or even William Shakespeare's Macbeth the fascination over this subject by authors is evident. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre the main character, Jane Eyre, explores the depth at which women may act in society and finds her own boundaries in Victorian England. As well, along with the notions of feminism often follo...
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Comedy And Tragedy Merchant Of Venice
738 wordsShakespeare? s The Merchant Of Venice combines three themes to form this successful play. It is actually a combination of romance, comedy and tragedy. A romance is a love story which ends with a happy note. Comedy involves an amusing play which also ends with a happy note. Tragedy differs from comedy and romance in that, it is a serious play and the central character exits the play in disaster. Comedy is one of the themes portrayed in this play. Examples of comedy are shown through dramatic iron...
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Love For His Wife Merchant Of Venice
815 wordsHow The Characters In The Merchant Of How The Characters In The Merchant Of Venice Got What They Deserve People s rewards are determined based on their actions. The fact that Shylock is not merciful to Antonio and that he is hateful towards the Christians, has resulted in him losing his possessions. Bassanio not only helps Antonio, but is also wise and being wed to Portia is his reward. Antonio gives money to Bassanio and is willing to die for his friend and his reward is his life. The particula...
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Merchant Of Venice Word Choice
788 wordsThe Merchant of Venice In the play The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare, some of the main issues that characters have to face in the play are money, justice, love and revenge. The way these issues are presented in the play is by the choice of words and the tone spoken by the characters, the atmosphere created in certain scenes sets how those ideas are portrayed, the location of the scene also helps add to how these issues are presented. If you repay me not on such a day, In such...
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